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Re: Show HN: A free online British accent generator for instant voice conversion

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Post by jjgreen »

pjc50 wrote: post #17
laccybandball wrote: post #4

"British accents are known for their pronunciation patterns, intonation, and rhythm, which differ from American, Australian, or other English accents. A British accent generator focuses on these speech characteristics to create audio that sounds natural and familiar to UK listeners." What kind of Slop is this? British accent is different from other English accents?

I think the phrase that's missing is "British Recieved Pronunciation"

That "RP" really gets my goat, received from whom? Some snot-nosed southern twat it would seem.

Re: Show HN: A free online British accent generator for instant voice conversion

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Post by krapp »

fredley wrote: post #14
kumarski wrote: post #10

This needs a Roadman accent. Plz. Awesome stuff.

Americans always think a British accent is exactly one accent.

Americans think a British accent is either "posh snob" or "chimney sweep."

Meanwhile the rest of the world thinks an American accent is either "Travis Bickle" or "Yosemite Sam."

Re: Show HN: A free online British accent generator for instant voice conversion

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Post by mkarliner »

anovikov wrote: post #5

Are these for the purpose of selling to non-Brits right? "Being British is supposed to be classy and surely not associated with Trump as much as being an American"? That might work, but not for selling to Brits because they expect some sort of a local accent. Universal/unlocalised voice does not sound natural or believable to them.

In movies, English accents, are usually villains...

Re: Show HN: A free online British accent generator for instant voice conversion

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Post by anovikov »

mkarliner wrote: post #26
anovikov wrote: post #5

Are these for the purpose of selling to non-Brits right? "Being British is supposed to be classy and surely not associated with Trump as much as being an American"? That might work, but not for selling to Brits because they expect some sort of a local accent. Universal/unlocalised voice does not sound natural or believable to them.

In movies, English accents, are usually villains...

Fun observation! A similar thing existed in Soviet movies: villains usually spoke with Ukrainian accent.

Re: Show HN: A free online British accent generator for instant voice conversion

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Post by card_zero »

jjgreen wrote: post #21
pjc50 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the phrase that's missing is "British Recieved Pronunciation"

That "RP" really gets my goat, received from whom? Some snot-nosed southern twat it would seem.

How do you feel about the phrase received wisdom, does that also stir you into anger at some invisible caricature?

Re: Show HN: A free online British accent generator for instant voice conversion

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Post by forgotusername6 »

jjgreen wrote: post #21
pjc50 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the phrase that's missing is "British Recieved Pronunciation"

That "RP" really gets my goat, received from whom? Some snot-nosed southern twat it would seem.

Received from the person who taught it to you. Apparently it is meant to be taught/learnt. It was a way of leveling out all the regional accents for public school pupils. You too can have RP if you want it, it's not owned by the southerners!
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